Author: Michael

This Thursday, October 11th, on our usual collection day, Waste Management had an emergency circumstance that caused our normal trash/recycling/compost collection service to be skipped. This was due to a broken natural gas pipeline in British Columbia which feeds PSE and in turn feeds the natural gas powered trucks responsible for our waste collection. A … Continue reading "Waste Management Service Interruption"

Here’s a quick status update for our summer maintenance projects around the community: Elastomeric Deck Cleaning and Sealing Most elastomeric decks from the previous announcement/list have been cleaned, sealed, and coated by now. Elastomeric Deck Repairs M147’s deck has a mushy corner that needs to be cut open for inspection before we can proceed. Owner … Continue reading "Summer Maintenance Progress"

Tyco called us today to reschedule the last day of the fire alarm testing due to a technician getting sick. We apologize for the inconvenience. Contact information for Tyco can be found on the initial letter that was mailed to you for the inspections or at the mailbox should you have any questions. This is … Continue reading "Annual Fire Alarm Testing – August 16"

A reminder: fire alarm testing will be this week Wednesday through Friday starting each day at 9am. All of the devices for the fire alarm system must be tested in your building to be in compliance with NFPA Fire Alarm Code and City of Redmond Fire Marshal requirements. Your cooperation is required. Tyco Integrated Security … Continue reading "Annual Fire Alarm Testing – August 8-10"

This past weekend, we have performed a study and survey of all sprinkler zones on the property to attempt to better optimize our usage of water. This was one of the 2018 priorities discussed at the annual meeting due to the high cost of water (and associated sewer) fees that we pay. As examples, here … Continue reading "2018 Sprinkler Study"

Casa Bonita will be on site starting Tuesday, June 4th through the following week to perform all touch-up paint operations as planned for our community this summer. They will be starting with window trim painting (at owners’ expenses) for the units on E and L building that have recently had windows replaced and have primed … Continue reading "2018 Summer Painting"

The spring maintenance walk-around was completed on the morning of Monday, May 3rd by Michael and Gene from AMG. We will be discussing the full list of general building maintenance items to be completed at the next board meeting on May 21st, but in the meantime, residents are alerted to the fact that the AMG … Continue reading "Spring Maintenance Walk-around"

Our handymen contractors from AMG Construction will be on the roofs this week of all buildings to perform some end-of-year maintenance. During the daytime, you can expect the sound of leaf blowers as any debris from the fall season is removed from the roof surfaces and the tops of our gutter guards. Additionally, a moss … Continue reading "End-of-Year Building Maintenance"

Gene and his crew from AMG Construction will be by the property tomorrow (Tuesday, October 31st) to perform touch up paint on the areas left exposed by the gutter replacement project. We’ve heard from several homeowners on this over the last few weeks. We have been on the schedule and were just waiting for AMG … Continue reading "Gutter Touch Up Paint"

Gutters for I, J, and K building are currently scheduled to be completed on October 25th. We had a delay with these buildings due to missing fascia boards at the roof lines. The original builder of our property attached the gutters directly to the siding on these buildings without supporting fascia boards at the top. … Continue reading "Gutters Update"